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When the original Infernal Affairs came out last December, it took the box office by storm, providing a welcome jolt for Hong Kong's moribund movie industry. The tight, tense cop thriller showcased two of Hong Kong's top actors as a pair of dueling moles: corrupt police inspector Ming...
Gilligan has spent much of the last two decades elaborating on the distinction that she proposed in 1982. When she explains her thesis of rights/justice versus response/care modes to the unindoctrinated, one example she likes to cite involves a story about a family of moles.
The moles invite a porcupine to get out of the cold and stay in their house. When the porcupine’s quills prick them and cause them pain, the moles ask the porcupine to leave, but he refuses.
When given this scenario, girls tend to focus on the feelings of both the moles and the porcupine. Gilligan says one girl asked if she could put a blanket on the porcupine to soften the blow of its quills and let it stay in the moles’ house.
On the other hand, the justice-centric voice more typical of males would focus on the fact that the house belongs to the moles and the porcupine has no right to be there, Gilligan says.